The history and politics of voting technology chads and other scandals
Saltman traces the evolution of voting technology in the USA, from voice to digital, highlighting how the antiquated systems in use today are a legacy of the industrial revolution of the Nineteenth-century and the early computer revolution of the 1950s and analyses the current day situation
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Basingstoke, NY
Palgrave Macmillan
2008
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The 2000 Presidential election in Florida : the family secret is exposed
- 2. From the Revolution to the Civil War : consent of the governed and the election clause
- 3. The late 19th century : struggling with voting rights and election fraud
- 4. The late 19th century : a different slice, and the early 20th century
- 5. The middle and late 20th century : movements for equality, enfranchisement and voting facilitation
- 6. The middle and late 20th century : election administration and computing technology
- 7. The Great Awakening after Florida, through March 2005